A TOTAL of 22,709 flood victims in Kelantan and Terengganu were still housed at 86 relief centres as at 8pm today.

In Terengganu, 14,753 flood evacuees from 3,829 families were still at 65 centres, from 16,183 in 4,223 families at 2pm. 

The state disaster management committee secretariat said that Kemaman still had the highest number of flood evacuees at 6,885, followed by Hulu Terengganu (4,560), Dungun (2,517), Kuala Nerus (386), Kuala Terengganu (398) and Setiu (7).

Meanwhile, Kemaman district officer Ahmad Farhan Abdul Wahab said although the weather condition in the district was improving and it was warm today, a number of locations such as Kampung Pulau Tempurung and Bandar Baru Bukit Mentok were still submerged in stagnant flood-waters.

The Drainage and Irrigation Department’s (DID) website reported that at the moment, no river water levels exceeded danger levels.

In Kelantan, the number of flood evacuees dropped to 7,956 (2,619 families) from 8,806 at 1pm today and housed at 21 shelters in Pasir Mas and Tumpat.

The DID also reported that all the main rivers in the state were at normal levels. – Bernama, March 2, 2022.